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[–] darcy@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

i agree, but this is linguistic prescriptivism. words change meaning whether u like it or not.

[–] Kempeth@feddit.de 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It’s a joke an the futility of linguistic prescriptivism. I might not have represented it well but the whole punchline is that this ship has sailed long ago.